课件36张PPT。Unit 2Unit 2
Robots1. To learn about the type and usage of a robot
2. To find out the characters mentioned in the story and then tell who they are by scanning the passage.
3. To grasp what Tony did to help Claire and how Claire’s emotion developed during Tony’s stay at her houseWhat are they?robotsA robot is a machine _________ (design) to do jobs that are usually performed by humans. Robots ____________________________ (program and control) by a computer. What is a robot?designedare programmed and controlledWhat kinds of work are robots usually
used for?Robots are made to perform different tasks. Many of them are used for tasks that are either dangerous or unpleasant for us human beings. In other cases, robots are used in repetitive, or boring tasks in which human performance might degrade (降低价值) over time. Robots can perform these repetitive, high-precision operations 24 hours a day without fatigue.There are many types of robots. What types of robots are the following robots?industrial robotsentertainment
robotshousehold robotsWhere would you find each type of robot above?
What does each type of robot do?Work in groups. Discuss the following questions.Can you think of any other type of robot?Transformers 《变形金刚》Robots also often appear as characters in stories. Have you watched the following films? What else literature, films, TV shows or cartoons do you know that include robots as characters? Choose one and be prepared to tell the class about it briefly.WALL·E
《机器人总动员》Do you think it is possible for a robot to
● think for itself?
● have feelings?
● have its own needs and desires?
● look and feel like a human being?The reading passage is a retelling of an Isaac Asimov’s science fiction called Satisfaction Guaranteed. This story, about a human-like robot, illustrates (阐明) Asimov’s first law for robots:
A robot must not injure human beings or allow
them to be injured. In this case the injury is
not a physical one but a psychological one. In
following this law, the robot, which is very
human-like, causes the main character, Claire,
to have some very confusing feelings. Background informationDo you know who he is?What’s the relationship between Isaac Asimov and robots?Isaac AsimovIsaac Asimov is an American scientist and author, who wrote science fiction, proposed three (and then he added Law Zero) Laws of Robotics (in the 1940's):
Law Zero: A robot may not injure humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. Law One: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
Law Two: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
Law Three: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. worked for a company that makes robotsLarry’s wife, a housewifea household robot to be tested outa woman that Claire enviesRead the passage quickly and find out the characters mentioned in the story and then tell who they are.Claire’s feelings toward Tony changed as the story developed. Read the story, then Fill in the occasions when Claire had these feelings.Before he arrivedWhen he arrivedWhen he offered to
help her dressWhen he offered to help her improve her house and herselfWhen he helped her with the salesmanWhen she fell off a ladder and was caught by TonyWhen she heard Gladys
whispering to another
woman that she had never
seen anyone so handsome
as TonyShe remembered Tony
was just a machineRead the text and decide whether the
following statements are true (T) or
false (F).
1. Tony looked more like a human than a machine and he could change his facial expression.
2. Claire was not satisfied with her weight and her home.
3. Claire rang Tony up to ask for his advice on buying the necklace.
4. Claire was sure that Gladys would misunderstand her and Tony.F T FT couldn’tand told the clerk tospeak to him.1. Why did Tony open the curtains?He wanted Claire’s guests to see him and Claire together so that she would be envied by the women guests.Read the story again and answer the following questions in groups.2. What did Tony do to prevent Claire from being harmed? Tony prevented Claire from being harmed by making her feel good about herself. He helped her make her and her home elegant so that she
would not feel like a failure. 3. Why did Tony have to be rebuilt?
4. How would you feel if you had a robot like Tony in your house? Tony had to be rebuilt because the company felt that they could not have women falling in love with a robot.Open.5. Claire spent three weeks with Tony in her house. What sentences in the story show that she kept forgetting and then remembering that he was a machine? How absurd, she thought.
He was just a machine.
He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body.She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.
Then she remembered-Tony was just a machine.
She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed.In groups, list Tony’s characteristics that were similar to and those that were different from those of a human being.Looks like a
human being. Body and skin soft and warm. Hair and fingernail realistic. Voice
like a human’s.Facial expressions
never change.
Quicker reactions
(She fell off a ladder and even though Tony was in the next room, he managed to catch her in time.)Able to make suggestions and predictions. Able to make a plan and follow it through. Has good communication skills.Behaviour not appropriate (Tony brought her
breakfast and then
asked her whether
she needed help
dressing.) A household robot, Tony, was going to ________ out by Larry’s wife, Claire, when he was _______ for three weeks. Claire didn’t like the idea at first, but Tony won Claire’s trust gradually. Tony helped Claire realize her dreams by ________ her home more elegant and made her more beautiful by giving her a new haircut and _________ (change) the makeup she wore. However, Gladys thought Claire was having an ______ by mistake. Tony advised Claire to invite Gladys and her friends to her house. At that night, Tony opened the curtains of the front window and _______ that he didn’t want to leave Claire and that he felt more than just the ______ to please her. It was a sweet victory for Claire to be ______ by those women.affairenviedbe testedmakingabsentdeclaredesirechangingWhat does the title—SATISFACTION GUARANTEED mean?
How do you think of the ending of the story?Try to set another ending for the story. The beginning sentence is given:
Larry arrived home, seeing Claire’s crying face. ________________________
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